Mephistoles HTTPD Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:9470

Info

Mephistoles HTTPD Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9470
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-2096
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 21 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 29 2007 04:26PM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to "Donato Ferrante" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Mephistoles Internet Suite HTTPD 0.6 p2
Mephistoles Internet Suite HTTPD 0.6 p1
Mephistoles Internet Suite HTTPD 0.6 final
Not Vulnerable: Mephistoles Internet Suite HTTPD 0.6 final
Mephistoles Internet Suite HTTPD 0.6.1pre1

Discussion

Mephistoles HTTPD Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Mephistoles 'httpd' daemon fails to sanitize user-supplied input, making it vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks. This vulnerability allows an attacker to construct a malicious link containing HTML or script code that may be rendered in a user's browser upon visiting that link. This attack would occur in the security context of the affected server.

Exploit / POC

Mephistoles HTTPD Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been supplied:

http://www.example.com/<script>alert("Test")</script>

Solution / Fix

Mephistoles HTTPD Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates that address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Mephistoles Internet Suite HTTPD 0.6 p2

Mephistoles Internet Suite HTTPD 0.6 p1

References

Mephistoles HTTPD Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:
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